1. Union of India is not satisfied with the outcome of the OA filed by the respondent No.1, Mr. L.K. Puri, before the Central Administrative Tribunal inasmuch as the said OA of the respondent No.1 has been allowed by the Tribunal vide its impugned judgment dated 24.1.2007 and the decision of the Government imposing the penalty of reduction of pay by two stages vide orders dated 24.6.2005 has been set aside. The petitioner maintains that such a decision was properly taken without any infirmity therein and the Tribunal should not have set aside the same.

2. Abrief factual matrix transpires that the respondent No.1 was served with charge memo dated 29.11.2002 under Rule 14 of the CCS (CCA) Rules, 1965 levelling the charge relating to handling the matter of procurement of 1000 computers for MPCM project for the year 2000-01 in his capacity as Deputy Director General (Tech.) and Sr. Deputy Director General (CPT). It was alleged that he failed to maintain absolute integrity and acted against public interest, causing undue favour to M/s. Compaq Computers, inasmuch as after finalization of the Notice Inviting Tender, he effected changes in it in the specifications to suit t